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Too into paintball? Take the geek quiz See page 4 s O WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY . i"'" Women finish 25th at NCAA. See page 5 Social work students provide free HIV testing Studies show one in four are infected and unaware By Shirrcl Cooper sr. news reporter The Signpost For most students at Weber State University, Dec. 1 is just another day of the week. But for fourWSU students taking the Social Work 3930 class, Dec. I means it's National AIDS Awareness Day and they are trying to get the word out about HIV and AIDS. "There is a stigma about AIDS that only certain people get it, but it is a growing concern for everyone," said WSU student Amber Christiansen. She is a member of the group spreading information about AIDS. The four-, , student group . Free HIV testing: ; Nov. 29 from ' 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ; at the Weber-; Morgan Health ; Department, j 477' 23rd Street ; in Ogrlen. also includes Troy Lossee, Dorseittia Sulyams and Cherie Wiggins. "We wanted to do something to get people tested," Christiansen said. "We talked to the ' health department, who was great to work with, and got them to set up free AIDS testing." Christiansen said she knew the health department did AIDS testing, so because of extra money the health department had, they were able to offer a day for people to come in and get rapid HIV testing for free. Rapid HIV testing is always available for a small fee, but on Wednesday, Nov. 29, it will be offered to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Weber-Morgan Health Department located on 477 23rd Street in Ogden at no cost. "This test is not a blood test," Christiansen said. "We don't want people to be afraid of it; the test is just an oral swab." Christiansen said she wants people to get tested so they know if they have the disease in order to live with it safely. For Dorseittia Sulyams, testing is important because many people have the disease and don't even realize it. "People may not be aware that they have it and spread the disease to other people," Sulyams said. "We believe that people should spread the word, not the disease." She said she also wants to educate people on how the disease is contracted, how the disease is spread, but mostly how to prevent it. Cherie Wiggins said more people need to get educated in order to fight the disease. "We want people to know that you don't have to be gay in order to get AIDS," Wiggins said. "Alcohol is a major factor in contracting AIDS because it lowers inhibitions." Wiggins said people who consume alcohol are more likely to get date raped, have sex or take drugs, all of which puts people at risk for contracting the HIV virus. "We also want to educate people that if you can detect the disease early, you can live with it for 10-20 years," Wiggins said. She said living longer is especially good because in that time a cure may even be found. "AIDS is not death sentence," Wiggins said. Wiggins also wants students at WSU to realize that people between the ages of 18 and 30 are at a higher risk for contracting AIDS than any other generation. Because of this, she said she thinks that students should be taught about the disease on campus. "In North Carolina, students are forced to take an AIDS prevention class," Wiggins said. "Weber needs a class to educate people about aids for incoming freshman." This group's motto is "Spread the word, not the disease." "We want people to become educated so they don't get infected or infect someone else." Christiansen said. "We don't want more people to contract it than necessary." You can leave a message for reporter Shirrel Cooper by calling 626-7655. Arigato Gracias Merci Shukran Tak Services for International Students Office Coordinator Morteza Emami (far left) helps serve roast beef to students during the annual Thanksgiving for international students meal Wednesday, Nov. 23. The meal has been held for the past three years and has grown with popularity among international students, whose numbers at Weber State University have also grown. WSU sees an increase in international student enrollment By Jennifer Landers sr. news reporter The Signpost After Sept. 11, 2001, the population of international saidents in the U.S. began to take a dive in numbers. New policies,face-to-face interviews, and stricter requirements have forced international students to seek education elsewhere. However, in the past year, the numbers have slowly taken a turn and the Services for International Students at Weber State University is working hard to ensure that the numbers continue to go up. "I came to Weber in '86," said Emami Morteza, Services for International Students Coordinator. "If you came to the campus back then and went to the Junction, you would see 50-60 foreign students. You don't see that University prepares for legislature Key issues include faculty and staff salaries, Building 1 and 2 replacement, funds to pay utility bills By Deborah Ramsay sr. news reporter The Signpost This is the first part of a two-part stor'. Next week will include President F. Ann Millner's vision for the university's future. Lobbying the Utah Legislature on behalf ofWeber State University is a team effort carried out by three powerful voices for the university. "President Millner is at the Legislature almost every day," said Norm Tarbox, Vice President of Administrative Services and one of the trio. "Brad N lortensen .Associate Vice President For Support & Government Relations is there every day." There are two areas that receive funding from the Legislature for all of Utah's institutes of higher learning. One funding area is the operating expense of the university, and the other is the capital facilities expense. "Faculty and staff is our most important asset," Tarbox said. "In the past, only limited money was available for salary increases and WSU fell behind their peer institutions." WSU faculty and staff earn 10-15 percent less than other univ ersities in the state. Funding was tight during the years 2002-2004, but the economy is strong now, and WSU will be looking to the Legislature to increase the funding to bring WSU earnings equitable with other schools. If the Legislature approves the funding, student tuitions will not have to be increased to help meet those increasing costs. "I have to w ork full time to pay tuition because I don't take out school loans," said MaryLee Garrett, a junior majoring in technical sales. "It makes it so I can't study as hard." Garrett said she is hoping not to see tuition increase in the near future. The second operating budget request will be for increased I . ' " . - - .. ' . ' y - v '.. v . y "V ; """XT-". ' '' . ' ' ' esS3&:-,.;.. . X V - - -, L v , " .:J ' ' ' y-- anymore. Three years ago, we had only three or four new international students in our fall orientation. Last year we had about ten of them, and this year we had 34. It's going in a positive direction, but not fast enough." Since Sept. 11, international students are going through extensive screening processes to protect the country against terrorism. While the U.S. is giving preference to students International Thanksgiving: Read more about the Services for International Students Thanksgiving meal on page 7. applying for visas, what used to takes weeks to get a visa now takes months or years. "If you wanted to come on your own to study in the states, it's very hard," said Elana Smit, a WSU international student from South Africa. funding for faculty and staff medical and dental benefits. The cost of health insurance has increased 10 tol5 percent each year, but the funding has not. The result was benefits were adjusted and higher co-payments were required. This year, WSU will ask the Legislature to increase the funding to cover the extra costs instead of passing thecostsonto employees or reducing benefits. The third major priority will be to get funding for program increases, allowing more students to A, be accepted into their desired majors. The areas JS, that would be increased would be the teaching f college, health and medicine, supply chain management and engineering. - J '. WSU will be working together with HAFB .' - and Utah State University on a program to retool a workforce prepared to meet new skills required to work on the base. "Hill Air Force Base V ' N'l ' n n " " i r PHOTO BY MATT CLASS THt SICNPOST , According to Smit, she had to wait in line for a whole day to apply for her visa, and then had to return an additional three times. Because so many people are rejected, most don't bother to apply anymore. "I was on an athletic scholarship," Smit said. "I think that kind of helped." According to Shih-Wei Chen, a WSU international student from Taiwan, he applied before Sept. 11 and his visa was approved within two weeks. "In the old days before Sept. 11," Morteza- said, "students could, in certain countries, mail their passport and their information to the U.S. embassy outside the U.S. and they would get their Visas in the mail. That no longer happens." However, Morteza said he is seeing a sign of promise as the United States continues to make the process more efficient and convenient for international students. See International page 6 given A 1 See N:i H T Ti! 'H i ii i ' 1 j . ' k w i - - -21 '- j i , I J7. Education course change approved at faculty senate Change decreases number of class prerequisites By Andrew Crow correspondent 77?e Signpost The Weber State University Faculty Senate approved a teacher education (EDUC 4950) course change in their monthly meeting Nov. 16. The change will allow students to have not as many pre-requisites for the classes in that department and college. WSU Professor Laine Berghout usually proposes tire curriculum changes to the senate. Before the course gets to senate approval, there are numerous steps mat are taken to ensure that the class will benefit the students in whatever department it might be in. "Within each department there is a curriculum committee which discusses the course, then it goes to that particular college's committee," Berghout explained. "Once it's approved by both those committees, then it's taken to the university curriculum committee." That's where Berghout comes into play along with the senate. Berghout is the WSU curriculum committee chair, and is literally the messenger in presenting the approved courses and changes to the senate for its approval. The EDUC 4950 class proposal was the only tiling on last week's agenda in a very short 20-minute senate meeting. The course proposal was approved, but not without some discussion. WSU Social and Behavioral Sciences Professor Richard Greene said he was hesitant to just approve the course and move on. Citing a lack of knowledge of how the course would affect WSU students and teachers alike, Greene originally motioned to table the approval for further curriculum committee review. "I diink we need to look at these changes with a little more review time before approving them," Greene said. "We've been blindsided enough on these types of curriculum changes before." The 52-member body listened to Greene's request and discussed his motion for about five minutes. College of Education Dean Jack Rasmussen was present and answer any questions that the senate might have had. "This course change will help us eliminate some pre-requisites in the department and we feel it will be a very important course," Rasmussen added. With that, the council unanimously voted to approve the course change for EDUC 4950. The change was simply to add one more credit hour to the course and make it a three-credit-hour class. "A lot of times," Berghout said, "departments just want to be See Senate page 6 is an important asset for the community," Tarbox said. The top priority on the facility side of the funding requests will be to secure the needed $22.9 million to replace Buildings 1 and 2 with a bigger classroom building. They said they will be pushing hard to set a demolition date right after graduation in the spring, start building and have the structure completed in a year and a half. "We'll be disappointed if it doesn't happen this year," Tarbox said. The second facilities request will be for a blessing and a promise. WSU would like to receive the go-ahead to build the Hurst Center for Life Long Learning, which would be located next to the Alumni Center. Right now, the offices for development operations, public communication, continuing education and the alumni are housed in offices in Promontory Towers. Private funding will pay for the construction of the Hurst Center, but a commitment to fund the maintenance and operating costs needs to be by the Legislature first. request will be made for S5 million for Legislature page 7 1 V 5 ; ! M M 'I 'i '1 : ' ; - ; i v.. . i " 1

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Too into paintball? Take the geek quiz See page 4 s O WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY . i"'" Women finish 25th at NCAA. See page 5 Social work students provide free HIV testing Studies show one in four are infected and unaware By Shirrcl Cooper sr. news reporter The Signpost For most students at Weber State University, Dec. 1 is just another day of the week. But for fourWSU students taking the Social Work 3930 class, Dec. I means it's National AIDS Awareness Day and they are trying to get the word out about HIV and AIDS. "There is a stigma about AIDS that only certain people get it, but it is a growing concern for everyone," said WSU student Amber Christiansen. She is a member of the group spreading information about AIDS. The four-, , student group . Free HIV testing: ; Nov. 29 from ' 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ; at the Weber-; Morgan Health ; Department, j 477' 23rd Street ; in Ogrlen. also includes Troy Lossee, Dorseittia Sulyams and Cherie Wiggins. "We wanted to do something to get people tested," Christiansen said. "We talked to the ' health department, who was great to work with, and got them to set up free AIDS testing." Christiansen said she knew the health department did AIDS testing, so because of extra money the health department had, they were able to offer a day for people to come in and get rapid HIV testing for free. Rapid HIV testing is always available for a small fee, but on Wednesday, Nov. 29, it will be offered to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Weber-Morgan Health Department located on 477 23rd Street in Ogden at no cost. "This test is not a blood test," Christiansen said. "We don't want people to be afraid of it; the test is just an oral swab." Christiansen said she wants people to get tested so they know if they have the disease in order to live with it safely. For Dorseittia Sulyams, testing is important because many people have the disease and don't even realize it. "People may not be aware that they have it and spread the disease to other people," Sulyams said. "We believe that people should spread the word, not the disease." She said she also wants to educate people on how the disease is contracted, how the disease is spread, but mostly how to prevent it. Cherie Wiggins said more people need to get educated in order to fight the disease. "We want people to know that you don't have to be gay in order to get AIDS," Wiggins said. "Alcohol is a major factor in contracting AIDS because it lowers inhibitions." Wiggins said people who consume alcohol are more likely to get date raped, have sex or take drugs, all of which puts people at risk for contracting the HIV virus. "We also want to educate people that if you can detect the disease early, you can live with it for 10-20 years," Wiggins said. She said living longer is especially good because in that time a cure may even be found. "AIDS is not death sentence," Wiggins said. Wiggins also wants students at WSU to realize that people between the ages of 18 and 30 are at a higher risk for contracting AIDS than any other generation. Because of this, she said she thinks that students should be taught about the disease on campus. "In North Carolina, students are forced to take an AIDS prevention class," Wiggins said. "Weber needs a class to educate people about aids for incoming freshman." This group's motto is "Spread the word, not the disease." "We want people to become educated so they don't get infected or infect someone else." Christiansen said. "We don't want more people to contract it than necessary." You can leave a message for reporter Shirrel Cooper by calling 626-7655. Arigato Gracias Merci Shukran Tak Services for International Students Office Coordinator Morteza Emami (far left) helps serve roast beef to students during the annual Thanksgiving for international students meal Wednesday, Nov. 23. The meal has been held for the past three years and has grown with popularity among international students, whose numbers at Weber State University have also grown. WSU sees an increase in international student enrollment By Jennifer Landers sr. news reporter The Signpost After Sept. 11, 2001, the population of international saidents in the U.S. began to take a dive in numbers. New policies,face-to-face interviews, and stricter requirements have forced international students to seek education elsewhere. However, in the past year, the numbers have slowly taken a turn and the Services for International Students at Weber State University is working hard to ensure that the numbers continue to go up. "I came to Weber in '86," said Emami Morteza, Services for International Students Coordinator. "If you came to the campus back then and went to the Junction, you would see 50-60 foreign students. You don't see that University prepares for legislature Key issues include faculty and staff salaries, Building 1 and 2 replacement, funds to pay utility bills By Deborah Ramsay sr. news reporter The Signpost This is the first part of a two-part stor'. Next week will include President F. Ann Millner's vision for the university's future. Lobbying the Utah Legislature on behalf ofWeber State University is a team effort carried out by three powerful voices for the university. "President Millner is at the Legislature almost every day," said Norm Tarbox, Vice President of Administrative Services and one of the trio. "Brad N lortensen .Associate Vice President For Support & Government Relations is there every day." There are two areas that receive funding from the Legislature for all of Utah's institutes of higher learning. One funding area is the operating expense of the university, and the other is the capital facilities expense. "Faculty and staff is our most important asset," Tarbox said. "In the past, only limited money was available for salary increases and WSU fell behind their peer institutions." WSU faculty and staff earn 10-15 percent less than other univ ersities in the state. Funding was tight during the years 2002-2004, but the economy is strong now, and WSU will be looking to the Legislature to increase the funding to bring WSU earnings equitable with other schools. If the Legislature approves the funding, student tuitions will not have to be increased to help meet those increasing costs. "I have to w ork full time to pay tuition because I don't take out school loans," said MaryLee Garrett, a junior majoring in technical sales. "It makes it so I can't study as hard." Garrett said she is hoping not to see tuition increase in the near future. The second operating budget request will be for increased I . ' " . - - .. ' . ' y - v '.. v . y "V ; """XT-". ' '' . ' ' ' esS3&:-,.;.. . X V - - -, L v , " .:J ' ' ' y-- anymore. Three years ago, we had only three or four new international students in our fall orientation. Last year we had about ten of them, and this year we had 34. It's going in a positive direction, but not fast enough." Since Sept. 11, international students are going through extensive screening processes to protect the country against terrorism. While the U.S. is giving preference to students International Thanksgiving: Read more about the Services for International Students Thanksgiving meal on page 7. applying for visas, what used to takes weeks to get a visa now takes months or years. "If you wanted to come on your own to study in the states, it's very hard," said Elana Smit, a WSU international student from South Africa. funding for faculty and staff medical and dental benefits. The cost of health insurance has increased 10 tol5 percent each year, but the funding has not. The result was benefits were adjusted and higher co-payments were required. This year, WSU will ask the Legislature to increase the funding to cover the extra costs instead of passing thecostsonto employees or reducing benefits. The third major priority will be to get funding for program increases, allowing more students to A, be accepted into their desired majors. The areas JS, that would be increased would be the teaching f college, health and medicine, supply chain management and engineering. - J '. WSU will be working together with HAFB .' - and Utah State University on a program to retool a workforce prepared to meet new skills required to work on the base. "Hill Air Force Base V ' N'l ' n n " " i r PHOTO BY MATT CLASS THt SICNPOST , According to Smit, she had to wait in line for a whole day to apply for her visa, and then had to return an additional three times. Because so many people are rejected, most don't bother to apply anymore. "I was on an athletic scholarship," Smit said. "I think that kind of helped." According to Shih-Wei Chen, a WSU international student from Taiwan, he applied before Sept. 11 and his visa was approved within two weeks. "In the old days before Sept. 11," Morteza- said, "students could, in certain countries, mail their passport and their information to the U.S. embassy outside the U.S. and they would get their Visas in the mail. That no longer happens." However, Morteza said he is seeing a sign of promise as the United States continues to make the process more efficient and convenient for international students. See International page 6 given A 1 See N:i H T Ti! 'H i ii i ' 1 j . ' k w i - - -21 '- j i , I J7. Education course change approved at faculty senate Change decreases number of class prerequisites By Andrew Crow correspondent 77?e Signpost The Weber State University Faculty Senate approved a teacher education (EDUC 4950) course change in their monthly meeting Nov. 16. The change will allow students to have not as many pre-requisites for the classes in that department and college. WSU Professor Laine Berghout usually proposes tire curriculum changes to the senate. Before the course gets to senate approval, there are numerous steps mat are taken to ensure that the class will benefit the students in whatever department it might be in. "Within each department there is a curriculum committee which discusses the course, then it goes to that particular college's committee," Berghout explained. "Once it's approved by both those committees, then it's taken to the university curriculum committee." That's where Berghout comes into play along with the senate. Berghout is the WSU curriculum committee chair, and is literally the messenger in presenting the approved courses and changes to the senate for its approval. The EDUC 4950 class proposal was the only tiling on last week's agenda in a very short 20-minute senate meeting. The course proposal was approved, but not without some discussion. WSU Social and Behavioral Sciences Professor Richard Greene said he was hesitant to just approve the course and move on. Citing a lack of knowledge of how the course would affect WSU students and teachers alike, Greene originally motioned to table the approval for further curriculum committee review. "I diink we need to look at these changes with a little more review time before approving them," Greene said. "We've been blindsided enough on these types of curriculum changes before." The 52-member body listened to Greene's request and discussed his motion for about five minutes. College of Education Dean Jack Rasmussen was present and answer any questions that the senate might have had. "This course change will help us eliminate some pre-requisites in the department and we feel it will be a very important course," Rasmussen added. With that, the council unanimously voted to approve the course change for EDUC 4950. The change was simply to add one more credit hour to the course and make it a three-credit-hour class. "A lot of times," Berghout said, "departments just want to be See Senate page 6 is an important asset for the community," Tarbox said. The top priority on the facility side of the funding requests will be to secure the needed $22.9 million to replace Buildings 1 and 2 with a bigger classroom building. They said they will be pushing hard to set a demolition date right after graduation in the spring, start building and have the structure completed in a year and a half. "We'll be disappointed if it doesn't happen this year," Tarbox said. The second facilities request will be for a blessing and a promise. WSU would like to receive the go-ahead to build the Hurst Center for Life Long Learning, which would be located next to the Alumni Center. Right now, the offices for development operations, public communication, continuing education and the alumni are housed in offices in Promontory Towers. Private funding will pay for the construction of the Hurst Center, but a commitment to fund the maintenance and operating costs needs to be by the Legislature first. request will be made for S5 million for Legislature page 7 1 V 5 ; ! M M 'I 'i '1 : ' ; - ; i v.. . i " 1